as in to fulfill
to carry through (as a process) to completion
carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
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Recent Examples of carry out
Russia carries out occasional but massive strikes to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences.
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 June 2026
Alongside professional treatment, making your yard as unalluring as possible by carrying out landscaping maintenance and reducing wildlife activity can help minimize tick populations.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 4 June 2026
As part of the investigation, troopers said a search warrant was carried out on Wednesday at a home on Main Street in Belle Vernon.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 4 June 2026
To know whether metals and minerals in soil could spontaneously carry out these reactions, the researchers would have to eliminate enzymes from the mixture.
—Siddhant Pusdekar, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2026
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 June 2026
Alongside professional treatment, making your yard as unalluring as possible by carrying out landscaping maintenance and reducing wildlife activity can help minimize tick populations.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 4 June 2026
As part of the investigation, troopers said a search warrant was carried out on Wednesday at a home on Main Street in Belle Vernon.
—Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 4 June 2026
To know whether metals and minerals in soil could spontaneously carry out these reactions, the researchers would have to eliminate enzymes from the mixture.
—Siddhant Pusdekar, Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry out
Verb
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Lizete González, a Mexico fan, said the city has a long way to go to fulfill its promises.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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The standard must be whether outcomes justified the investment, promises were fulfilled, and measurable results were achieved.—
Michele Steeb,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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This change was partly accomplished by the creation of the Access Artist Advisory Board, which was dedicated to making things more accessible — physically and emotionally, but also financially.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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So what’s Aiyuk accomplishing by bashing the 49ers repeatedly on social media?—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Cook has performed at Darcelle’s since the 1990s and has spent 38 years in drag.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Trump has undergone four medical checkups in 13 months, prompting questions about the frequency of his visits, the types of tests being performed and what doctors are looking for.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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That does not mean MAHA has achieved nothing.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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For certain kinds of problems with the right mathematical structure, this promises an exponential speedup over anything a classical machine could achieve.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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Since then, the state has executed six other inmates with the method, and Louisiana has used it once.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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The compromise packages executed a 28 KB payload that steals credentials from AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, password managers, and over 90 developer tool configurations.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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Rather than attacking all rapidly growing cells, as chemotherapy does, the drug targets a key cancer-driving pathway known as KRAS, which is involved in more than 90% of pancreatic tumors.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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Ionic liquids are essentially salts that stay in liquid form even in the vacuum of space, which very few materials can do.—
Omar Kardoudi
June 05,
New Atlas,
5 June 2026
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The month of May brought our Orange County Artist of the Year, Memorial Day, the Ducks making the playoffs as well as spring high school sports.—
Michele Cardon,
Oc Register,
9 June 2026
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East Coweta’s Chance Gilbert, a major UGA target for the 2027 class at cornerback, has made a sudden and surprising commitment to Auburn.—
Jeff Sentell,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
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Effaced, our villages, carried off by endless war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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One woman who seemingly had both legs wrapped up was carried off a vessel by several officers, the post shows.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
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